Airship.



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Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

J. A. GONTERIO.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11 1911.

J. AHGONTERIO.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1911.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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ll) mrships, and. has for its ob3eet the pro ground it is supported on the pair of rear 65 fvision of an improved heavier than airemawheels 1.1 secured on the under side thereof G5 ward end thereof the horizontally disposed rame, said lever bearing the dog 6 for enother ends secured to the rock shaft 31 hav 105 JAMES A. 091? TERZQ', O35 sanzra CALIFORNIA.

1,036,964. specification of letters Eatent. Patented Aug, 27, 1912 Application 22126. February 13,, 1311. Serial No. 608,001.

To all who-m it may concern: 3

Be it known that I, Janus A. Corsrnnro, I a citizen of the United States, residing at i Santa Barbara, in the county of Santa Ban l I .J 5 bare and State of California, have invents-i! I it scent the adjusting lever, the rotation 60 v certain new and useful lnprovements in g o isaid wheel. serving to swing the vertical .Ai.rships, of which the following is a specifi rudder plane from side to side to direct I i the tateral movement of the machine. When the machine is rest-mg upon the Pivotaily secured to the rear of the mae is the vertical plane 8 having the flexinnections 3 secured to each side there extending .tcrwa rd to the guide Wheel My invention relates to improvements in chine which shall be simple and compact of g and by the front wheel 12, carried by the construction and readily assembled or taken fork 13 on the lower end of the guide rod apart and which shall have certain of its on which the Wheel 's mounted, the- 15 planes adapted to'be so moved asto form rotation of the Wheel 10 guiding the front 70 ppiijachute to retard the descent of the masupporting Wheel *and thus the machine chine to enable the operator to more readily mien the same is on thevground and swing- Jglide to the ground therein. 7 ing the rudder to guide the machine when 'To attain the desired object my invention i it IS in the air. comprises a flying machine substantially as Rising from the frame 1 arethe vertical {I5 described and as illustrated in the aecomsupporting rods 15 connected at their upper panying drawings, although it will be unends by the supplemental frame-work 16 on derstood that numerous changes may be i which is formed the main'portion 17 of the made in the details of construction within supporting Wing or plane -jhile secured to v the scope "of my claim without departing each end of said portlon l'i'f'is' a flexible wing from the spirit of the invention. member 18, the frame-Work 16 having pro- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my jections 19 for supporting the inner porcomplete machine. Fig. 2 represents a top tions of said members 18. Secured to the plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a outer ends ofthe said. Wing members are the similar View with the wings or planes and adjusting braces 20 having their lower ends 85 supporting structure therefor removed. Fig. 4 represents an enlarged detail view of the foot operated driving mechanism and the adjusting levers, and Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal sectional view showing the planev curved into parachute form. Fig. 6 represents a top plan view of a modified construction of main supporting plane, and ig. Z represents a. sect1onal- .view on .the line 7-5? of Fig. 6, the planes being shown closed position. 1

. In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the cigar shaped metal frame for my machine, having pivotally secured at the forto secure it inad usted position. The movement of the lever 23 serves through the bell cranks and cpnnectlons to warp orbend the flexible wings. 18 to form the supporting plane into 'a. parachute as shown in Fig. 5,

the main plane 17 being preferably of concave-convex shape to aid in catching the air. Projecting laterally and upwardly from t e frame are the brackets26 to which are secured the ailerons or side guiding planes plane-2hav1ng the bracket 3 pro ecting up-v 27, said ailerons being preferably pivotally ward therefrom, while secured to said secured to the brackets by the shafts 28 havbracket is the connection having its other ing on their inner'ends the cranks 29 to endsecured to the adjust-mg lever 5 of the which are secured the rods 30 having their gagementkwith the stationary rack 7 to semg the operatin cure the lever in adjusted position, the in adjusted position, the move sh 1ng of the lever swinging the plane to lever-rocking the shaft and thr I ,r'egu'l'ate the ascent and descent of the manections, adjusti guiding plane in the ascent or downward gliding of the machine.

To propel the machine I journal at the rear thereof the shaft 33 .bearing the propeller 34:, the transmission gear 35 being securedlto the other end of the shaft. Adjacent said transmission gear area plurality of other transmission gears 36 of'the slide transmission type. Extending forward from said transmission gearingis a shaft 37 connected to the motor 38, a second shaft 39 also extending forward from said gearing. The shaft 39 has secured to its forward end the beveled gear 40 in mesh with the large beveled gear wheel 41 secured on the shaft42, crank arms 43 bearing pedals 44 being secured to said shaft to drive it and thus, through the various. shafts and gearing, the propeller. To control the speed of the propeller and to connect the same with either the motor or pedal driven'shafts or both I employ the clutch lever 45 projecting adjacent the operators seat 46.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings it will be seen that I have provided. a strong, simple; and

durable flying machine of the highest efficiency which may be either" propelled by the usual driving engine or upon failure of said engine may be driven byfoot, power to thus obviate the dangers of gliding to a landing from a height and being entirely dependent upon the momentum of the machine for carrying the machine and operator to a safe landing place. It will'furt-her be observed that in the case of failure of operation or breaking of the propeller orof any of the guide planes the machine may still be used as a parachute to cause it to gradually descend to the ground instead of whirling through the air and being smashed byunretarded striking of the ground, as has hitherto occurred when the ailerons either become broken or have refused to operate. w

In Figs. and 7 I have illustrated, a modification f my construction for pro viding a. still more efficient parachute from the upper plane. In these figures I have secured to thesides of the main plane 17 the trapezoidal-shaped planes 47 having their shorter or top side secured to the main plane I when closed the edges or? the end planes fitting tightly against i ned edges of the planes 4:7 to make a do. shaped parachute, as will be best understood by reference to Fig. 7.

I claim: I

In a flying machine, the combination with a main supporting plane, of supplemental flexible side and end sections pivotally con nected to the main pla '1, the end edges of said sections being free, the side sections having beveled end edges, and the end edges of the end sections being straight and means for swinging the supplemental sections.

downward in'unison to bring the ends of said sections together to transform the supporting plane into a parachute.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

J AMES A. CONTERIO.

Witnesses THOMAS Marin, Thomas B. MAoMAnox. 

